The Royal Mounted Rides Again

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

221 mins | Action, Western | Oct. 23, 1945

In time-honored fashion, a couple of supporting players -- George Dolenz and Bill Kennedy -- found themselves elevated to starring roles in this minor Universal serial. They played Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers investigating the murder of a miner. The story, of course, was less important than speed and action, which directors Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins delivered in typical slap-dash Universal style. Starlet Daun Kennedy did not make much of an impression as the imperiled leading lady, and former star Robert Armstrong (of King Kong fame) was wasted in a subordinate role. Rondo Hatton, a non-actor whose grotesque appearance (caused by acromegaly, the so-called "Elephant Man" disease) was tastelessly exploited by Universal in the '40s, appeared as one of the outlaws.

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

221 mins | Action, Western | Oct. 23, 1945

The Royal Mounted Rides Again
In time-honored fashion, a couple of supporting players -- George Dolenz and Bill Kennedy -- found themselves elevated to starring roles in this minor Universal serial. They played Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers investigating the murder of a miner. The story, of course, was less important than speed and action, which directors Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins delivered in typical slap-dash Universal style. Starlet Daun Kennedy did not make much of an impression as the imperiled leading lady, and former star Robert Armstrong (of King Kong fame) was wasted in a subordinate role. Rondo Hatton, a non-actor whose grotesque appearance (caused by acromegaly, the so-called "Elephant Man" disease) was tastelessly exploited by Universal in the '40s, appeared as one of the outlaws.
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Directors Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor
Writers Harold Channing Wire, Tom Gibson, Joseph O'Donnell

Cast

Bill Kennedy

as Corporal J. Wayne Decker

Daun Kennedy

as June Bailey

George Dolenz

as Constable 'Frenchy' Moselle

Milburn Stone

as Brad Taggart

Robert Armstrong

as Jonathan Price

Rondo Hatton

as Bull Andrews

Paul E. Burns

as 'Latitude' Bucket

Danny Morton

as Eddie 'Dancer' Clare, Price's Card Dealer

Addison Richards

as Jackson Decker

Tom Fadden

as 'Lode' MacKenzie

Joe Haworth

as Bunker (Chief Gold Raider) (as Joseph Haworth)

Helen Bennett

as Dillie Clark aka Madame Mysterioso

Joseph Crehan

as RCMP Sergeant Nelson

Selmer Jackson

as RCMP Superintendant MacDonald

Daral Hudson

as RCMP Sergeant Ladue

George Lloyd

as Kent (Gold Raider)